The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
HOME MATTERS.
BRATTLEBORO LOCALS.

- Excuse me for living, is the latest form Of
apology.
Don't fail so peruse F X Barrow's new ad-
yeriisement in another column.
-Ex-speaker l. Martin is to be the Deco
.ratlon day orator at Bernardston.
Rev NJ G Gage Of Nashua, N II, viii
preach at the Unitarian church Sunday.
THE Household" mailed over q ton Of
their papers through the postoflice Wednesday.
The Philharmonic orchestra will give an
hours concert preliminary to the Clark-Tomes
dance Apr II.
The average attendance at the Y NJ G A
5 Sunday afternoons and evenings, tor March, is
reported at IL
Tickets have gone on sale at Chapins drug
store for the organ recital and concert at the
Unitarian church April IL.
The thermometer dropped below zero
Wednesday morning. Sugar m akerS have got
on their linen busters and look mad.
Editor Geo Z Crowell bought the David
lie by house, corner OF Myrtle and Cedar
streets, at Mondays auction, for $24l0.
j H White, of the Wilcox g. White Organ
Company and formerly OF Brattleboro, has
d,een elected president of the Meriden Choral
Union, the largest musical society in that city,
.g An agent Ok the Grinnell automatic sprink.
,er company has been in town the past week, to
survey the Estey organ cOnpany's works pre-
Saratory to putting their sprlnklerS intos their
factories. t'7ge Q ,'as si's 80. $50 bel
The bad travelling Monday again made the
attendance on market day light. But con-
siderable quantity of butter and apples and es-
secialiy eggs was brought in and shipped with
satisfactory results.
Deacon and Mrs W Houghton of Putney
celebrate their golden wedding Friday evening
from Z to Ii o'clock, to which large number
OF relatives and friends have been invited, in.
GLIDING several from Bratteboro.
1t is said that it is not the fact
that the directors OF the Bennington battle
monument have decided that they connot build
one 800 feet high. They expect to lay the cor
ner stone August 10th next, and to put in a
Foundation for tower or shaft OF 800 feet.
"A Hinsdale correspondent writes us that
the people there will be in favor of freeing the
syridge, II only they can be assured that Brat.
deboro can DO legally bound TO help main
tain it. The law of both Vermont and New
Hampshire provides way, and 1t will be for
Brat,leboro's interest to do SO.
The Fen.on Bros, who for the past, 10
wears have had charge of A Halls horse
.shoeing shop, have bought out his interest and
will continue to run the business as heretofore
They have always succeeded in giving good
satisfaction to horse owners IN the past Which
is the best guarantee for the future.
The manufacturing establishments in Har-
suopy b. ok were brought to stop Monday by
the discovery of several leaks which had devel-
opcd In the boiler in the engine room, which
rendered it unsafe to run. The boiler was Of
the-Pukiu make, of Is horse power, and had
Seen in use for - or IA years, and was pro-
+aounced safe when examined by the insurance
men last summer. Probably the trouble was
due to defective iron. Crosby & Co, however
,have succeeded by rare good lnck in getting an
ether boiler OF so horse power from VIM Allen
* S)ns, of Worcester, Mass. They had it
'loaded ready for shipment Wednesday right,
sad they expect to have it set up and ready for
work next week, eight days from the original
stoppage. u Whitney & Son have had to put
in small engine temporarily, to fill pressing
orders in the meantime. q
Tho new arms and equipments of the YER
mont national guard have arrived at the Mont
PETER arsenal, and been inspected by Quarter
master. General Gilmore and Adjutant- General
feck. The new arms consist OF $50 Springfield
rides, model OF 1884, and will take the place OF
the old 80 caliber breech leaders bought short
My after the close OF the war. The new rifles
are of No IS caliber, with blued steel barrels
and bayonets and weigh eight pounds. The
new equipments consist of Frazier's improved
cartridge box, which holds 20 rounds Of anu
liition and has sliding cover and set of
Hack leather belts. The Vernon. militia are
tue fist state troops to be supplied with these
cartridge ooxes, which are said by military
men TO be superior 10 any now in use. Twenty
thousand rounds OF riffs ball cartridges were
also received. The new rifles will be distrib-
slted as follows: Forty six guns to the Estey
guard of Braitleboro, the Park guards OF Ben
-Ilington, the Kingsley guards Of Rutland. the
Sprague guards Of Brandon, the Barlow Grays
at st Albans, the Grout guards OF Newport, the
81 yohnsbury guards, the Capitol guards OF
Montpelier. the New England guards OF North
-flsid. the Bradford guards, the Barre company
:Ad the new Richford company, which was
aaihorized by the last Legislature, the new
company will be uniformed in the United
States army regulation dress OF blue. The
dusricrmaster general has realized enough
5som Tie sale OF old arms and equipments
stored in the arsenal TO paw With the state ap-
<p7o7r'eiio1 for the new rifles and equipments.
The Springfield rife with which The national
guard are now armed were supplied them in
1871. They will be kept at the state arsenal
ssr use In emergencies.